Example sentences of "[noun pl] we [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries we had studied the Moon through telescopes and , latterly , from satellites . |
| 2 | Each of the schools we visited pursued the matter differently , and in some the quality of relationships established with parents and the community was impressive , the more so for being the result of long and painstaking work by heads and teachers , often encountering frustrations and setbacks on the way to success . |
| 3 | And er within a few months we 'd got the thing going till they were blowing out , and we were making it hand over fist you see ? |
| 4 | ‘ About the previous Christmas … we brought our myne unto the Wall , and about Candlemas we had wrought the wall halfe through . ’ |
| 5 | The cut where the wing had been severed was quite clean , and the blood had dried up , so she concluded that the poor bird must have flown through some overhead wires in the vicinity during the severe gales we 'd had the night before . |
| 6 | His dry sense of humour spilled over into what might have been a harrowing session and by carefully chosen words and clear illustrations we came to see the value of the painstaking work required by those at the scene of a major accident . |
| 7 | In three hours we managed to get the contractors to build an earth ramp , roll it flat , cover it with gravel and put a handrail alongside so that people could walk down from the road to a flat area beside the ceremony site . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's one of the reasons we managed to sell the idea to the BBC , ’ says Jaqui . |
| 9 | ‘ But with the co-operation of all clubs we did complete the programme on time . |
| 10 | In two minutes we had created the excitement , fun and audience involvement that set the atmosphere for the afternoon . |
| 11 | In 10 minutes we had spied the whole Countrywatch patch . |
| 12 | All the patients we studied fulfilled the histological and immunocytological criteria established by Isaacson et al for the diagnosis of low grade B cell lymphoma of MALT . |
| 13 | the old ladies we used make the erm Everton coffee . |
| 14 | AFTER SEVERAL more drinks we decided to test the theory by walking through the aforesaid precinct . |
| 15 | Past silver birches and Scots pines we walked to reach the small hide at the edge of Little Sea . |
| 16 | The tasks we had set the Rottweiler have become lost and very rarely will you find a Rottweiler today herding cattle anywhere in the world , although most could still accomplish this task if required . |
| 17 | In preparing the timetables for these services we sought to meet the objectives of providing a series of connections between buses from central Livingston and trains to and from Edinburgh . |
| 18 | The analysts we interviewed have the highest regard for Wellcome 's annual report and are confident that the company does not indulge in creative accounting or any other dubious practices . |